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Japan goes from baby boom to bust in two generations
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Childbirths in Japan are on course in 2022 to fall below 800,000 babies for the first time in recorded history since 1899.
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TOKYO – Planet Earth hit a milestone of eight billion people in November, but the prognosis for Japan, the world’s oldest society, is bleak.
Entrepreneur Elon Musk warned in a tweet in May that the country could “eventually cease to exist”.
